Fiets! Let’s Cycle like the Dutch!
Sustainable travel and cycling advocacy, news and developments in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, and the wider UK | The personal cycling stories of BicycleBen
Warwickshire County Council has approved the design of an “upgraded” roundabout that sits between Bedworth and Coventry, just within the county border. The junction is an important link in the Coventry-Bedworth-Nuneaton urban corridor and indeed has been part of a long-planned cycle route. But with this roundabout design omitting a north-south cycle link, that route for active travel may be scuppered.
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Warwickshire Highways is proposing to make modifications at a junction in Bedworth which will facilitate part of a “Green Corridor” for active travel in the town. This has the specific aim of connecting to the popular Miners’ Welfare Park and the new Physical Activity Hub (aka leisure centre), to enable people to travel there without a car. Let’s look at what’s planned.
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The local Borough Council is proposing a new Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) to cover Nuneaton and Bedworth town centres and surrounding areas as one method of tackling antisocial behaviour and improving the perceived safety in the borough. The PSPO will mention cycling – but as far as these things go, it seems reasonable.
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This time on The Fiets Podcast:a minor works project ignores the impact on cycling and helps highlight the silos present in Warwickshire County Council that hold back active travel.
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Amazon launches e-cargo cycles for last mile delivery; free cycle hire during the Commonwealth Games; Warwickshire’s local cycling and walking infrastructure plan consultation; local thefts of cycles and scooters, and train services snub evening leisure users.
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Taking a look at Hexa Consulting’s poor Framework Travel Plan; some elitist views of “proper cyclists” and whether imperfect infrastructure is better than no infrastructure at all; and WCC’s draft Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) is out for consultation.
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In the town of Bedworth, plans are well underway to replace its aging leisure centre with a new Physical Activity Hub, a new centre that will offer enhanced services with greater integration into its site on the edge of the Miners’ Welfare Park. With the design comes a stated objective to enable sustainable travel choices – walking/wheeling, cycling, and public transport – but there’s a problem.
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On Saturday 28 May, Bedworth Miners’ Welfare Park plays host to a ceremonial burning as an act of memorial and reflection on the losses caused by the global pandemic. The Sanctuary is a large temple-like wooden structure, intricately carved, and inscribed with handwritten messages of remembrance, and has attracted widespread attention. The event is expected to draw large crowds and as a result, the local Borough Council has warned about road closures and congestion.
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There is a scheme in Warwickshire to create an active travel corridor between the edge of Nuneaton through Bedworth and down to the border with Coventry – what should be a valuable and obvious backbone route for a cycling network. However, since the approval of funding within the County Council back in November 2019, there has been no public news or update on progress. So, having asked the question, here is an overview of the plan and the state of things as they stand now, two and a half years later.
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Some Conservative local councillors speaking in a Borough Council Scrutiny Panel have demonstrated their lack of consideration for cycling as a means for accessing and travelling through Bedworth Town Centre, despite upcoming new leisure cycling facilities in the nearby Miners’ Welfare Park.
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